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Merle Norman Royse
1914 - Bef 2001 (< 86 years)-
Name Merle Norman Royse Born 19 Oct 1914 Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States 
[1] Gender Male AFN S1S8-CC Died Bef Jun 2001 [2] Buried Bef Jun 2001 Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Person ID I2610 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Father Sebren Porter Royse, b. 16 Aug 1885, d. Dec 1938, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States (Age 53 years) Mother Ivy Myrtle Wegner, b. 26 Sep 1887, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States , d. Aft 1955, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States (Age > 69 years) Married 27 May 1907 [3, 4] Family ID F635 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Alma Fern Hathway, b. 18 Aug 1918, Calgary, Alberta, Canada , d. 22 Jun 2001, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States (Age 82 years) Married 16 May 1937 Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States [5, 6] Children 1. Living 2. Harold M. Royse, b. 2 Jul 1943, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States , d. 11 Dec 2007, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States (Age 64 years)3. John Royse, b. 19 Oct 1946, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States , d. Abt Mar 2001, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States (Age 54 years)Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F927 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 19 Oct 1914 - Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States 
Married - 16 May 1937 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Buried - Bef Jun 2001 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 1914 BIRTH: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla, Merle Norman Royse born on October 19, 1914
1930 CENSUS: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla: Dw 84,107-218 East Oak: Merle N Royse 15/OR single-no occ, son of Sebron P and Iva M Royse
1937 MARRIAGE: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla, Fern married Merle Royse 16 May, 1937, children Carol Elizabeth, Harold and John.
1955 HIST: 1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Gray Marks, doc#87: "Merle in Walla Walla"
EMPLOYMENT: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla: Personal knowledge of Pam Wagner: Merle ran an auto repair business out of a little gas station next to his home at 828 Pleasant, Walla Walla WA.
Nov 2003 note from Carol Royse Linke: "a shop behind"
Bef June 2001 DEATH: Obit of wife, Fern June 2001: she preceded in death by husband, she is buried next to him in Mtn View Cem, WW,WA
- 1914 BIRTH: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla, Merle Norman Royse born on October 19, 1914
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Sources - [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
Merle Norman Royse born Oct 19, 1919 [Walla Walla WA]... untill 1924, came to W. Walla and have been here since
1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Marks, doc#87b - [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, son John Royse.
Obituary of wife, Fern Royse
Date: June 2001 - [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
"Ivy Myrtle Wegner married Porter Royse on 27 May 1907" no place shown
Family group sheet in brown Bk of Remembrance in suitcase belonging to Grace - [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
"Ivy Myrtle Wegner md to Sebren Porter Royse, four boys: Earl Eldon, Loren Leon, Merle Norman, and Russell Gillman" - no date or place, "name changed from Ivy to Iva"
1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Marks, Eads doc#87b - [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
Merle Norman Royse md Fern Hathway, children: Carol Elizbeth, Harold and John [no dates or places shown]
1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Marks, doc#87 - [S138] Obituary: Washington,Walla Walla: Union Bulletin newspaper.
She [Fern] married Merle Royse on May 16, 1937, in Walla Walla.
Obit of wife, Fern
Date: June 2001
- [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.